This is a short howto :



many thanks to Paul Bijnens (also on this list), he is the one that put me
on the right track in implementing this solution.

HTH


Bert De Ridder

PeopleWare NV - Head Office
Cdt.Weynsstraat 85
B-2660 Hoboken
Tel: +32 3 448.33.38
Fax: +32 3 448.32.66

PeopleWare NV - Branch Office Geel
Kleinhoefstraat 5
B-2440 Geel
Tel: +32 14 57.00.90
Fax: +32 14 58.13.25

http://www.peopleware.be
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I have looked around and cannot seem to locate an answer, so forgive me
if it has been discussed to death.

I need to be able to do a

/usr/bin/mysql -e"flush tables with read lock;"

on the remote amanda client before I do a backup, and unlock it when I
am done.  Other than just making a guess about when to start and end and
using a cron job, is there a way to make amanda issue the commands I need.


(See attached file: amanda.txt)

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